Arousal Disorder?

Tue, Mar 31st 1998

My girlfriend has never really enjoyed sex before...then she met me. We found the Big-O together, but there's a problem. I think she suffers from Arousal Disorder. She doesn't self-lubricate, no matter how much foreplay I try (and believe me, I've tried!!!). She didn't explore herself in adolescence, as most people do. She has had bad relationships before, in which she got violently blamed for having this problem, and has deep feelings of sexual inadequacy.

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